The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-23
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE question of the hour-Do air brakes
brake or break2-Boston Transcript.
INDIANAs treasury is empty. The best remedy
for an empty treasury is full pententiary-
full of corrupt observation-disclosures Herald.
THE United States Senate can hardly be
blamed for closing the doors to the public when
it while Riddleberger is member.
philadelphia Times
ONO Democrats for free trade. and Vir-
GINA Democrats are for protection. That is
about as near together as Democrats get nova
days.-Chicago Journal
THE price which Henry George demands for
lecture suggests that his platform is: Every
abolish his poverty. As l am little
lame, will begin now."-Philadelphia Press.
So long as mulattoes continue be born in
the State of Georgia we shall have to be excused
from believing that the Glenn anti co-ed education
bill Is purely product of conscience and reason.
Detroit Tribune
JUDGE THURMAN, of Ohio, is physically una
BILE to take the stump for the Democratic ticket
this year. He is just well enough to attend to
lis law business and allow the old party 20 go
straight to smash Philadelphia Press.
If there is nothing in the Kentucky election
this drop of 900 more less in the Demo-
ratio majority-why does the ever true and
faithful Courier-J ournal spend SO much time in
explaining the matter?-Springfeld Republican
THE large masses of workingmen who consti-
tute the strength of the Democratic party recog-
niZe the progressive and reformatory spirit of
the administration, and they will not be entced
away from their political association TO follow
the JACK o Lantern or Henry George-Phlla-
delphia Record.
WHEN will scary men. armed with revolvers,
cease shooting memb ers of their families, mis-
taking them for burglarsa A courageous, rea-
son ably prudent man will not fire upon a person
in his house unless we'll assured that the person
is burglar Nervous, easily frightened indvid-
uals should not trust themselves with loaded
volvers Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
IT is evident that McMackin, McGlynn, George
and the other Anti-Doverty leaders are deal
more interested in the construction of political
machine. which shall bring them all offices, than
in the work of abolishng poverty If the abol-
ishers of poverty are in earnest they would lead
their followers into the harvest fields, where
they can abolish poverty at the rate of from So
to So day.-St. Paul Pioneer Press
THE anti-saloon movement looks to the appli-
cation of temperance principles to the fullest
extent attainable under existing conditions. It
does not declare wildly and irrarionally that it
will have everything nothing 1t declares
that it will do its best obtain whatever relief
from the drink evil is practicable. It recognizes
the futility of extremism and the wisdom of
resting content with partial gains where no more
can be had.-New York Tribune.
THE tariff falls as heavily on merchants and
business men on the farmer, and yet, because
some whpper-snapper wants to secure their
votes for Congress, the farmers told that the
tariff Is running them. This is of the most
convenient of arguments, and it has been ding
donged ipto the of those who till the soil
until great many of them have come to believe
that the tariff is tax levied on them by the
crowned heads of Europe.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.